ergonomics

I hope this does not come across as an attempt to spark conversation purely for the sake of doing so. I use vim a great deal (5-10 hours a day) and I noticed my left wrist is the first to start aching. The standard keyboard layout (see image below) is almost guaranteed to give you arthritis. Currently, I have remapped Ctrl to Shift Shift to Caps Lock Caps Lock to Ctrl This helps with common commands such as Ctrl f or Shift 2 ( @ ), but I still have to twist my wrist to get at those combinations. Is there anyway to remap the keys so as to avoid this twisting on the left wrist (maybe use the Tab

I have wrist pain when I type and I would like to start writing SQL statements, stored procedure, and views using speech recognition. Keith Walton Yes. SQL is well-suited to speech recognition (as well-suited as a programming language can be, that is), given it's limited vocabulary and sentence-like structure. Aside from formatting the SQL so that it looks nice, I can dictate it much faster than typing. Dictating code isn't for everyone, however. It can be quite frustrating in the beginning. The people who try this and stick with it will probably be those who have no other choice. I use Dragon

Well the docs finally said it, I need to take it easy on my wrist for a few months. Being that I'm a .NET Developer this could end my livelihood for a little while, something I'm not anxious to do. That said, are there any good handsfree options for developers? Anyone had success using any of the speech recognition software out there? POSTSCRIPT: I've recovered my arm again to the point where two-handed programming isn't a problem. Dragon Naturally speaking worked well enough, but was slower, not like the keyboard where I was programming faster than I thought. It's out there, and it works...